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Case report| Volume 33, ISSUE 5, P388-390, March 01, 1993

A variant of the Kleine-Levin syndrome precipitated by both Epstein-Barr and Varicella-Zoster virus infections

  • Mark S. Saiter
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    Department of Psychological Medicine, William Harvey House, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, England
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  • Peter D. White
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